@Article{thierry08a,
  title =	 {Spreadsheet vs Multiagent Based Simulations: The
                  Case of Supply Chains},
  year =	 2008,
  author =	 {Thierry Moyaux and Brahim Chaib-draa and Sophie
                  D'Amours},
  journal =	 {International Journal of simulation and Process
                  Modeling},
  month =	 6,
  abstract =	 {A game called the Quebec Wood Supply Game (QWSG) is
                  a role-playing simulation based on the Beer Game for
                  teaching supply chain dynamics, and, in par-
                  ticular, the bullwhip effect. In this context, this
                  paper describes and compares two simulators based on
                  the QWSG which may be used to study decision making
                  and its impact on supply chain dynamics. We first
                  focus on the direct implementation of the QWSG in a
                  spreadsheet program. This spreadsheet model is the
                  base on which we next build a more complex
                  MultiAgent Based Simulation (MABS) in which JACKTM
                  agents represent companies. Finally, we compare the
                  respective advantages of each simulator. We identify
                  the features of a supply chain model making a
                  spreadsheet simulation impossible, and those for
                  which a spreadsheet simulation is better, as good
                  as, or worse than MABS.},
  url = 	 {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/easley10a.pdf},
  cluster = 	 {1051479588150569289}
}